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:PATENT OFFICE. EDWINM. sHERMAN OP OHIOAGOJIIIIINOIS, AssI'GfNOR ToA'OIJITYIIIEIIII APPARATUS A IANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OP OPIIoAaO,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFA WEST VIRGINIA.Y

GARBID-HQLDER- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed Juiy 9, 190A. serai No. 215,861l

To* a/ZZ whom, t may cora/cern:

. Be it known that I, EDWIN M. SHERMAN, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Acetylene-Gas Generators, of which thefollowingis a speciiication.

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The principal object of the present invention is to provide acarbid-holder which is' simple in construction, comparativelyinexpensive, and ,efficient and which when used along with others in aseries can be interchangeably employed with absolute certainty of properrelative arrangement.

To these andA other ends -hereinafter set forth the invention, stated ingeneral terms, comprises the improvements to be -presently described andfinally claimed. The nature, characteristic features, Aan

vscope of my invention will be more fully understood from the followingdescription, taken in connection -Withthe accompanying drawings, formingpart hereof,.in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a carbidholderembodying features of the "invention, Fig. 2 is a top. or plan view,drawn to an enlarged scale, of the same. tional view takenY on the line3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa sectional view illustrating several of lthecarbid-holdersy assembled one above the other, and Figs-5 and Garerespectively an elevation vand a top view of the generator shown in Fig.4. Y f -V .Y I' In the drawings, 1 is an opentop,recepta cleshown asprovided with a ivotal bail or handle 2 and having acentrallyisposedOpening a at its base. This receptacle is divided by means of partitionsinto compartments, of which four-3, 4, 5, and -eareshown, althoughthenumber is not material. One of these compartmentsthe compartment 3-includes said opening, so that the opening a is arranged centrally andthe compartments are 'arranged eccentrically. Within the compartment'Sis arranged a housing '7, (shown Fig. 3 is aseo-Y vessel or receptaclecentrally will fall into the ings :cin the partition b into the'compartment 4, thence byway of the openings in the partition c intothe'compartment 5, thence y way of the openings in the partition c intothe compartment 6, and thence by way ofthe openinga in the partition b5into the duct 7. From the duct 7 the water passes by wayof-thecentrally-disposed opening a in the base of the receptacle, and if therebe another carbid-holder beneath. the water will flow centrally into itand into its compartment -3- and will then traverse the path describedwith res ect to the first receptacle, and there may o viously be anynumber of carbidholders or receptacles placed the one above the other.The partitions?) b and c c maybe made of strips of metal bent as shown,so as to leave straight walls d, which can be readily solderedAtogether, and, furthermore, these partitions may be readily joined tothebase and side-wall of the receptacle, as by turning over a foot orflange on them which-can be convenientlyboth-soldered and riveted. Thewall d and a portion of the partition b can be employed as two sidesofthe closed housing or duct 7, and the latter can-be readily soldered.to

l other that theyare necessarily 'in position for ceptacle, sro-.thatwater discharged into the `discharging water always into thecompartments V3, no matter how they may be turned, and this isadvantageousin` assembling the holders. ments may be made wider than theothers, so as to make their contents substantially equal,

since it includes the center, is longer than the Others; but, ifdesired, the others may be made wider, so as to compensate 4for this. V

Ifdesired, some of the compart- 'or,'-o'therwise stated, Vthe`compartment 3,

y 8 is a receptacle'adapted to contain a series v of the describedcarbid-holders laced the one above the other, and it is sea ed, for eX-ample ,1 by means of the cover 9, which is providedwith a flange that'depends into a wa- IOO ter seal 10. This generating chamber or reeceptacle 8 is provided with an. intake-pipe 11, which dips down beneathits 'seal and is arranged .to discharge, as at 12', centrally ofthe 55compartment 3, thenceby way of theopenf carbid-holder. The part 12 ofthis pipe may be arranged so as to turn in order to get it out of theway to permit of the lifting out and in of the carbid-holders. The gasgenerated in the chamber 8 may be ledoi, as by the A pipe 13, anddischarged through the perforated funnel 14 beneath the water at thebase ofthe gas-holder tank 15 and under the housing 16, from which thegas rises by way of the pipe 17 and is discharged into the gas-holder18. From the latter it is led by way of the pipe 19 through thegas-ilter 2O for use.

21 is a safety-vent connection. The rise and fall of the holder 15serves to turn the pipe 22 downward, so as to discharge water from thegas-holder tank into the pipe 11, and thus cause the generation ofacetylene from carbid contained in the holders and upward, so as tointerrupt such generation.

23 is the framework or gas-holder guide. The gas-holder tank is divided,as at 24, and the lower part contains water to about the level of thelip 25, so that any excess of gaspressure would break through this waterseal and esca e, for exam le, b way of the pi e 26, which) leads to thi?air. y p

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my inventionrelates that modifications may be made in details without departing fromthe s irit thereof. Hence the invention is not llimited other thantheprior state of the art may require but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A carbid-holder for acetylene-gas generators comprising a receptaclehaving compartments of which one extends from its rim and includes thecenter of the base of the receptacle and a closed duct arranged in thelast-mentioned compartment and adapted to externally shed 'luid to saidcompartment and to internally convey Huid from an adjacent compartmentand discharge it centrally of the base, substantially as described.

2. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising a receptaclehaving a centrally-disposed opening in its basev and hav- -ingpartitions extending from its rim divid-v ing it into compartments ofwhich one includes said opening, and a closed duct arranged in thelast-mentioned compartments and having communication with said openingand by way of a port in one of said partitions with an adjacentcompartment, substantially as described. Y

3. A carbid-holder Jfor acetylene-generators comprising a receptaclehaving a eentrally-perforatedbase and having a closed housing over saidperforation and having unsymmetrically or eccentrically arrangedcompartments of which one contains said housing, substantially asdescribed.

4. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising a receptaclehaving com- .partments of which one extends from its rim and is open atits top and closed at its bottom over the center of the base and of thereceptacle, and a duct leading from an adjacent compartment anddischarging at the centerof the base of the receptacle, substantially asdescribed. l

5. A carbid-holder lfor acetylene-generators comprising a receptaclehaving a centrally-disposed opening in its base and havingunsymmetrically or eccentrically arranged partitions, and a closed ductcommunicating with said opening and merging into and communicatingthrough one of the partitions, substantially as described.

6. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising a receptaclehaving an opening at the center of its base, perforated partitionssubdividing the receptacle into compartments of which one extends fromthe rim and includes said opening, and a housing arranged over saidopening and having communication through one of said partitions,substantially as described.

7. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising an open-topreceptacle having an opening centrally disposed in its base, partitionsconsisting of bent` strips each having abutting walls which areconnected together, said partitions constituting compartments of whichone includes the opening and extends to the rim, and a housingcommunicating with said central opening and by way of a port through oneof' said partitions, substantially as described.

S. In an'acetylene-generator, a generating-chamber provided at its topwith a centrally-arranged water-discharge pipe, and a series ofcarbid-holders arranged one above the other in said chamber and eachprovided at its base with a central perforation and each subdivided intocompartments of which one extends from the rim and includes said openingand each provided with a housing communicating with said opening andwith an adjacent compartment, each compartment that contains the housingreceiving water from above, substantially as described.

9. A carbid-holder comprising a receptacle having a central opening inits base and having compartments extending to its rim and of which oneincludes said opening and of which the others are wider than theiirstmentioned compartment to make their contents substantially equal,and a closed housing communicating with said opening and through thepartition-wall of one of said compartments, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

. EDWIN. M. SHERMAN. Witnesses E. F. PRICE, G. W. MEAD.

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